Best in Class Just got better...

Best in Class Just got better...

All UniCam® connectors now ship with the handlers designed to improve usability and finger access. These new handlers are 100 percent backwards compatible with all existing UniCam toolkits and come at no additional cost to you.

All UniCam® connectors now ship with the handlers designed to improve usability and finger access. These new handlers are 100 percent backwards compatible with all existing UniCam toolkits and come at no additional cost to you.

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The Engineering of Easy: UniCam® Connectors

UniCam® Connectors

For years, the installation of cable networks' field connectors was a fairly time-consuming process. To ensure the seamless flow of data-forming light, each hair-thin strand of glass fiber had to be glued into a connector. Technicians had to tote along portable ovens to heat-cure the special epoxy.

After waiting for the connector to finish curing, the technician would clean and polish the components by hand to ensure the pristine surface required for optical transmission.

On average, it took six to eight minutes to terminate a single connector. Results varied widely, based on the skill and experience of the technician. As recently as the mid-1990s, that’s just how it was.

But as carriers everywhere began to embrace the fast transmission capabilities of optical fiber networks, Corning engineers knew they had to find a better way.